YTTphilosophy

Question 1

what are the yamas?

Answer 1

ahimsa-nonharming
satya-truthfulness
asteya-nonstealing
brahmacharya-continence
aparigraha-greedlessness

Question 2

what are the niyamas?

Answer 2

shauca-cleanliness
santosha-contentment
tapas-discipline
svadhyaya-study of self
ishvarapranidhana-devotion to God

Question 3

what are the eight limbs of yoga?

Answer 3

yama- how you treat others
niyama - how you treat yourself
asana-posture/seat
pranayama- breath control
pratyahara-withdrawl of the senses
dharana-concentration
dhyana-meditation
samadhi-bliss

Question 4

what is the meaning of yoga?

Answer 4

to yoke - the yoking of the individual sense of self to the eternal self - union w/ god - samadhi

Question 5

what is the meaning of hatha?

Answer 5

the yoking of the sun & moon

Question 6

what are the four types of yoga?

Answer 6

jnana (knowledge)
bhakti- devotion
karma-action
raja-royal

Question 7

what is prana?

Answer 7

life force

Question 8

what are the five bandhas?

Answer 8

mula bandha - root lock
uddiyana bandha - flying up lock
jalandhara bandha-net lock (chest to chin)
maha bandha - the combination of all three above
brahma bandha - fixing one’s consciousness on the all pervading source

Question 9

what is a chakra?

Answer 9

subtle energy center

Question 10

what are the seven chakras?

Answer 10

muladhara- base of the spine (root center)swadhisthana-3 fingers below navel (sexual center)manipura-solar plexus (power center)anahata-heart (compassion center)vishuddha -throat (speech center)ajna-between the eyes (third eye center)sahasrara- top of the head (universal consciousness)

Question 11

what is atman?

Answer 11

the true self, consciousness

Question 12

what is the bhagavad gita?

Answer 12

song of the lord, most influential of all shastras

Question 13

what is the brahma sutra?

Answer 13

principal treatise of the vedanta.

Question 14

what is brahmacharya?

Answer 14

recognition of Brahman in everything - later to mean celibacy

Question 15

what is brahman?

Answer 15

infinite conscious, deep reality

Question 16

what is dharana?

Answer 16

concentration/one of the eight limbs of ashtanga

Question 17

what is dhyana?

Answer 17

meditation/one of the eight limbs of ashtanga

Question 18

what is ekagra chitta?

Answer 18

single pointed mind

Question 19

name the three gunas

Answer 19

rajas, tamas and sattva

Question 20

what is a guna?

Answer 20

rajas, tamas and sattva

qualities or strands of prakrti which form through their various intertwinings all phenomena

Question 21

what is hatha yoga?

Answer 21

tantric school of yoga founded approx. 1100CE by the master Ghoraknath. Sun/moon yoga - emphasis on balancing solar & lunar energies in the body

Question 22

what is the hatha yoga pradipika?

Answer 22

tantric treatise authored by Svatmarama

Question 23

who is Svatmarama?

Answer 23

author of the hatha yoga pradipika

Question 24

who is Ghoraknath?

Answer 24

founder of hatha yoga

Question 25

what is jiva?

Answer 25

not the true self - formed by contact with phenomena

Question 26

what is kaivalya?

Answer 26

freedom - the goal of yoga

Question 27

what is karmashaya?

Answer 27

storehouse of karma

Question 28

what is klesha?

Answer 28

mode of suffering

Question 29

name the kleshas

Answer 29

ignorance, egoism, desire, hatred & fear of death

Question 30

who is Krishna?

Answer 30

A form of supreme being - avatar of Lord Vishnu, teacher in the Bhagavad Gita

Question 31

what is kshipta chitta?

Answer 31

restless mind, unfit to do yoga

Question 32

what is the third leg (stage) of yoga?

Answer 32

asana

Question 33

what is the yama non-stealing

Answer 33

asteya

Question 34

what is the yama 'free from hoarding?'

Answer 34

aparigraha

Question 35

what is the first yama?

Answer 35

ahimsa - non-violence

Question 36

what is the seventh stage (leg) of yoga?

Answer 36

dhyana - meditation

Question 37

what is the traditional system of medicine in India?

Answer 37

ayurveda

Question 38

what is ahamkara?

Answer 38

the ego

Question 39

what is the first chakra?

Answer 39

muladhara

Question 40

what are the characteristics of muladhara?

Answer 40

red, LAM, base of spine/pelvis floor/adrenals/survival instinct/family/linage

Question 41

what are the characteristics of svadhistana

Answer 41

orange, VAM, abdomen, reproductive organs, pelvis/gonads/reproductive positive energy

Question 42

what is the second chakra?

Answer 42

svadhisthana

Question 43

what is the third chakra?

Answer 43

manipura

Question 44

what are the characteristics of manipura?

Answer 44

yellow/gold/RAM/solar plexus/adrenals/pancreas/will power

Question 45

what are the characteristics of anahata?

Answer 45

green/YAM/heart center/thymus/love of yourself & others

Question 46

what is the fourth chakra?

Answer 46

anahata

Question 47

what are the characteristics of visuddha?

Answer 47

Blue/HAM/ throat/ thyroid/self-expression

Question 48

what is the fifth chakra?

Answer 48

visuddha

Question 49

what are the characteristics of ajna?

Answer 49

violet/OM/between the brows/pineal gland/intuition

Question 50

what is the sixth chakra?

Answer 50

ajuna

Question 51

what is the seventh chakra?

Answer 51

sahasrara

Question 52

what are the characteristics of sahasrara?

Answer 52

white/none/crown of the head/pituitary

Question 53

what is the ida nadi?

Answer 53

subtle channel - left side/feminine/moon/parasympathic nervous system/cooling & calming qualities

Question 54

what is the pingala nadi?

Answer 54

subtle channel - right side/masculine/sun/sympathetic nervous system

Question 55

what is the sushuma?

Answer 55

central channel of nadis

Question 56

what is the goal of yoga?

Answer 56

to balance the solar & lunar energies of the body through rigorous discipline

Question 57

what is krama?

Answer 57

the order of things. In vinyasa krama yoga(a method taught by Krishnamacharya) postures are organized in a logical sequence that moves from simpler variations toward sdeeper variations of the shape

Question 58

what is pranayama?

Answer 58

controlled breathing practice which consists of elongation and retention of the breath, the fourth stage of yoga

Question 59

what is pratyahara?

Answer 59

withdrawal of the senses, the fifth stage of yoga

Question 60

what is the fourth stage of yoga?

Answer 60

pranayama

Question 61

what is the fifth stage of yoga?

Answer 61

pratyahara

Question 62

what is purusha?

Answer 62

the transcendental self of spirit

Question 63

what is prakti?

Answer 63

nature, the original source of the material world

Question 64

what is the eighth stage of yoga?

Answer 64

samadhi

Question 65

what is samadhi?

Answer 65

the ecstatic stage of yoga where the meditator becomes one with the object of meditation, feeling of utter bliss, eighth and final stage of yoga

Question 66

what is the susumna nadi?

Answer 66

central channel located at the spinal column

Question 67

what is the first sutra pada & what is it about?

Answer 67

samadi pada - the goal and end result of yoga

Question 68

which stura pada is samadi

Answer 68

first pada

Question 69

what does citta comprise of?

Answer 69

ahamkar (ego), buddhi (discerning intellect-awakend) & manas (mind)

Question 70

biji sounds of chakras

Answer 70

LAM, VAM, RAM,YAM, HAM, OM, unstruck sound

Question 71

what was the closing invocation about? Nikki C

Answer 71

OM Purnamamdah, purnamidam purnat purnamudacyate purnasya purnamudamadaya purnamevavasisyate OM. That is perfect this is perfect from the perfect springs the perfect if the perfect is taken from the perfect, the perfect remains oneness/wholeness purna means full-completely perfect

Question 72

AUM

Answer 72

a=coming up from the base (lower chakras) muladara/svani u= mid chakras solar plexus & heart m=highest -third eye & crown

Question 73

Organs of action & perception

Answer 73

quote from BKS "man was blessed with a head, heart and hands that are made for jnana, bhakti and karma. Karma cannot be done without knowledge. Bhakti cannot be understood without action and knowledge. Jnana cannot be gained without love and action. These three are intimately connected. True knowledge, true love, true action cannot be aquired without a regular practice and without adopting a rigorous discipline. Otherwise knowledge cannot be complete, love cannot be total, action cannot be disinterested" unite the physical practice with discipline (both the physical & spiritual practice/disciple) can't be integrated with out both sides